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This is where you will find out what's going on at our church. The Monthly News, Weekly Sermons, Calendar of Events and Special Notices. For more information about location, staffing and services, visit OUR WEBSITE. Also, go to that website to view the older sermons - they are available there as links and there are about 200 to choose from!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Andrew Bonar left it on record that he never entered into a session of pure prayer without a fierce battle at the threshold. Satan dreads nothing like prayer. He stands at the portals of the Holy of Holies as an "angel of light."

He does not openly attack; he diverts. The one concern of Satan is to keep the saints from prayer. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, and trembles when we pray.

The conviction deepens - that the supreme need of the church is the spirit of prayer. There are many other needs but the need of prayer transcends them all. If only the church of Christ could be impelled to prayer there would be an end to barrenness and failure. It is the lack of prayer that lies at the root of all our troubles and there is no remedy but in prayer.

Things will never be better until prayer is restored to its true place in the organization of the church and the habits of individual believers. There is no substitute for prayer, but with prayer all things are possible. This is a truism of the Christian faith. Nobody denies it. Everybody says it. All history confirms it.

If only the people of God could be baptized into a passion for prayer, life would quicken, miracles would return, souls would be saved, and coffers would overflow.

Why do we not set ourselves to prayer? The remedy is sure and simple. The need is urgent and acknowledged. Why is it so slow in getting to work?

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

What is the Fire of God?

I do not know of any greater need in the church today than for the fire of God to fall. When we refer to the fire of God, we are talking about the manifest presence and glory of God. We are talking about the supernatural power of God.

We are talking about services that are more than just nice meetings with nice music and nice preaching. We are talking about results that cannot be explained in terms of human effort. We are talking about that which man cannot program, manipulate, plan or make happen.

We are talking about something more than the ordinary operation of the Holy Spirit in the lives of His people. We are talking about the extraordinary outpouring of His Spirit that reveals His glory in our lives and in His church.

When the fire falls, there is power. There is life. There is purity. There is spontaneity. There is reality.

Where is the fire of God today? Where is the evidence of His presence and power? Where is the sense of awe, of wonder, of fear in His presence?

Where are the tears of brokenness and contrition? Where are lost people falling on their faces, overcome by the reality of God's presence in the midst of His people? - Del Fehsenfeld, Jr.

Monday, November 19, 2018

Hi All,
So sorry the blog was not properly attended to this summer. I was trying to finish the "dry shell" of the house in Maine before winter. Just made it! The blog should get back to normal activity level now that the snow is here. Thank you for your patience this summer and fall!

Thursday, October 11, 2018

The primary season is upon us! Our latest newsletter is dedicated to ensuring you are prepared to pray without ceasing, in season and out of season, and you are ready to cast your vote in the primary elections. I truly believe God will use both our prayers and our action to advance His Kingdom this primary season.

Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote…that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.-Samuel Adams, American Statesman and Founding Father

1. Know Why You Vote

Do we view voting in the same way as founding father Samuel Adams did? As a solemn trust in human society - a decision of which we are each accountable to God and to our communities and our nation?

We have in large part wrongly lumped voting with politics. But here’s the truth,the act of voting is not political, it is our sacred responsibility.

Voting is a privilege that sadly much of the world does not enjoy. It’s God’s blessing entrusted to us. We have the freedom and ability to choose Godly leaders to govern our communities and our nation.

The framework of our political system provides the greatest opportunity to select Godly leaders in primary elections.

It’s important for Christians to vote because the primaries will determine what the ultimate options are in the general elections. So if you want to have a say so later, you need to have a say so now.-Dr. Tony Evans

It is in the primary elections where we Christians have the greatest flexibility to cast our vote for the candidate we like best. During the primaries, we are not forced to choose between two or three candidates, but instead, have numerous candidates to choose from. And frequently at this stage of the election process, there are many strong Christian candidates who uphold Judeo-Biblical values.

Yet, it’s at this critical phase of the election process – primary elections - that so many Christians neglect to vote, either because of apathy or busy schedules.

A recent study conducted by the Washington-based research firm Lake Research Partners and released by The Voter Participation Center found that roughly 40 million people who voted in the 2016 presidential election will not cast ballots in the 2018 midterm elections. And it’s easy to assume that even fewer will vote in the primary elections.

2. Know What Will Be Decided

It’s hard to believe the primary elections are already underway across the nation.

Texas and Illinois had their primary elections in March, and the rest of the other states will decide what candidates are selected to run in the general election in November.

The sheer magnitude of the number of elections taking place in 2018 is staggering. Over 8,500 elections are taking place this year, which makes it the most consequential election year in decades.

All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election. There are many close races, leaving the control of the House up for grabs in this election.

And 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. The Senate will likely have at least one, if not two, Supreme Court Justices to approve, making these races critically important.

In November 2018, 87 of these 99 state legislative chambers are holding general elections for a total of 6,066 seats—roughly 82 percent of the total state legislative seats in the country.

There are 906 school board seats up for grabs across 25 states (in the top 1000 districts). Collectively, these districts serve 12 million students

Many are closely watching the primary U.S. Senate races in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin to see which contestants will win their party support in these hotly contested races and earn the opportunity to have their names appear on the November ballots.

3. Know How To Vote

Make sure you take time to view a sample ballot for your district and research the candidates to learn what they stand for in light of Biblical principles.

Then mark your calendar for Election Day! Sign up for your free personal voting assistantwhich provides voting reminders, locates your polling place, assists with voter registration and absentee ballot requests. Together let’s be faithful with the incredible responsibility God has entrusted to us. It’s time to stand boldly and informed at the ballot box and vote for leaders who fear God and uphold His principles!

When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule in the fear of God. The preservation of republican government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty.-Noah Webster, known as the "Father of American Scholarship and Education"

You are to be God’s salt and light. Your voice is needed to be a source for good in your community. And remember, voting is not only our civic responsibility, but it’s our Biblical responsibility.

John Quincy Adams said it best, “Duty is ours, results are God’s.”

Together, let’s be faithful this primary season with the blessings God has entrusted to us -and vote!

Friday, April 27, 2018

Let it not be forgotten that prayer was one of the great truths which our Lord came into the world to teach and illustrate. It was worth a trip from heaven to earth to teach men this great lesson of prayer. A great lesson it was, a very difficult lesson for men to learn. Men are naturally averse to learning this lesson of prayer. The lesson is a very lowly one. None but God can teach it. But it is a sublime, and heavenly vocation. The disciples were quickened to prayer by hearing Jesus pray and talk about prayer.

He sought to impress on His disciples not alone a deep necessity of prayer in general, but also the importance of prayer to them in their personal and spiritual needs. And there came moments to them when they felt the need of a deeper and more thorough schooling in prayer and of their grave neglect in this regard. One of these hours of deep condition on their part and of eager inquiry was when he was praying at a certain place and time, and they saw him, and they said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples."

Our divine teacher of prayer lays himself out to make it clear and strong that God answers prayer, assuredly, certainly, inevitably; that it is the duty of the child to ask, and to press, and that the Father has obliged Himself to answer, and to give for the asking. In Christ's teaching, prayer is no sterile, vain performance, not a mere rite, a form, but a request for an answer, a plea to gain, the seeking of a great good from God. It is a lesson of getting that for which we ask, of finding that for which we seek, and of entering the door at which we knock. - E. M. Bounds

Friday, April 13, 2018

What is the meaning of life? There are many answers to this question. It means power, possessions, honor, progress, culture, ect. That is not the true answer. If that is all life means then our answer is no answer at all, because surely all these things end in nothing. The true answer is that the meaning of this life is eternal life. Such is its seriousness.

The word of God is the message of eternal life. Jesus Christ came to show us eternal life and to bestow it upon us. Real life begins with faith in Christ.
- Emil Brunner

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

What True Devotion To God Is Not.
Devotion does not consist of reading the Bible, nor praying, nor attending meetings. These may or may not be specific instances of devotion, but are not to be regarded as devotion itself.
Devotion does not consist of individual acts or exercises of any kind. These may indeed be devotional acts, that is "acts of devotion," but let it be remembered that no acts or exercises in themselves constitute devotion.

What True Devotion To God Is.
Devotion is that state of heart in which everything - our whole life, being and possessions - are a continual offering to God, that is they are continually devoted to God. True devotion must be the supreme devotion of the will, extending out to all we have and are - to all times, places, employments, thought and feelings.
- Charles G. Finney

"We are God's: let us therefore live for Him and die for Him. We are God's: let His wisdom and will therefore rule all our actions. We are God's: let all the parts of our life accordingly strive toward Him as our only lawful goal [Rom. 14:8; cf. 1 Cor. 6:19]. O, how much has that man profited who, having been taught that he is not his own, has taken away dominion and rule from his own reason that he may wield it to God!" (Institutes, 3.7.1)
- Iain H. Murray

Jesus of Nazareth
Without money and arms, He conquered more millions that Alexander the Great, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon;

Without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and scholars combined;

Without the eloquence of schools, He spoke such words of life as were never spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of orator or poet;

Without writing a single line, He set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art, and songs of praise than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times.
- Philip Schaff

Saturday, January 27, 2018

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will by my witnesses..." Acts 1:8

"Strengthened with all power according to His glorious might..." Colossians 1:11

The inner life of Jesus was unique. It is the life of God loved out in a person. This life by His Spirit is given to every true believer. But it must be nurtured and sustained by a daily desire and decision to be in touch with the Lord; to receive the promised power to live His kind of life instead of our own self-oriented life. How serious can one be about this if they refuse to take time each day to come into God's presence in prayer and hear Him speak to their heart through His Word? HE HIMSELF IS OUR POWER. Time with Him brings the necessary strength to resist the influence and control of the present world system.

The call of God has not changed. The majority may adore the glitter, glamour and glory of this culture but the true believer has tasted qualities of another world. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." Psalm 25:14. The love, joy and peace of God comes only to those who will receive the spiritual power to renounce and resist less things and partake of His inner life.

Here is an acrostic that can be used each morning to help you begin your day with Him.

P - Lord I PRESENT myself to You this day. I PRAISE You for Your goodness and love to me. Romans 12:1-2, Psalm 100:4